Recognition

Awards & Honors

Major awards, fellowships, and honorary professorships

Awards, fellowships, named lectures and honorary professorships, as recorded in Prof. Ruoff's curriculum vitae.

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Fellowships

Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2016 to Present

Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS), 2013

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012

Fellow, American Physical Society (APS), 2011

Fulbright Fellow, 1988-89, MPI fuer Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, Germany

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Highly Cited & Rankings

Web of Science 2025 Highly Cited Researchers (Materials Science)

Web of Science 2024 Highly Cited Researchers (Materials Science)

One of the Top 100 Research Outcomes in 2024 selected by Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea

Web of Science 2023 Highly Cited Researchers (Materials Science)

Web of Science 2022 Highly Cited Researchers (Materials Science)

Ranked 1 in South Korea (575 in the world) among World’s Top Scientists in 2022, 2022 Best Scientist Award, Research.com

One of the Top 100 Research Outcomes in 2022 selected by Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea

Web of Science 2021 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Materials Science)

Web of Science 2020 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Materials Science)

Web of Science 2019 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Materials Science)

One of the Top 100 Research Outcomes in 2019 selected by Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea

Clarivate Analytics 2018 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science)

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Clarivate Analytics 2017 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science)

Clarivate Analytics 2016 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science)

Thomson Reuters 2015 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science)

Thomson Reuters 2014 Highly Cited Researchers (Chemistry, Materials Science)

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16th most cited materials scientist of top 100 most cited

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Awards, Prizes & Named Lectures

Hall of Citation Laureates, November 16, 2021, Clarivate Analytics

The Ubbelohde Memorial Lecture, 2019 July 17th, The British Carbon Group

Minister’s Citation (Commendation), December 20, 2019, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea

James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, 2018 Recipient, American Physical Society (APS)

Listed as one of 17 top researchers of Citation Laureates 2018, Clarivate Analytics

SGL Carbon Award, 2016, American Carbon Society

David Turnbull Lectureship Award, 2014, Materials Research Society

Lee Hsun Lecture Award, 2009, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

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Honorary & Guest Professorships

Honorary Professor, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2017

Honored Professor, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 2017

Honorary Professor, Zhejiang University, 2017

Honored Professor, University of Petroleum of China, 2016

Guest Professor, Chongqing University, 2016

Guest Professor, Tsinghua University (Graduate School at Shenzhen), 2016

“Master Forum” Chair Professor, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2016

Distinguished Chair Visiting Professor, 2005-2007 and 2012-now, Sung Kyun Kwan University Advanced Institute of NanoTechnology (SAINT)